The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 21, 1883, Page 4

BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES Chas. T. McFarland. — SpiToR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUPSCRIPTION : d every duress The Weery T1 » publi Wednesday, will be sent to any z one vear, postage paid, tor $1 iar TD BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 1833. THE WALNUT FAILURE. That the completion of the Ft. Scott St. Louis & Chicago railroad trom Walnut to Butler will be done this winter, and in consequence of which the Walnut boom 1s « zle, isno longer a question of prehension but an actual fact. or not ap- as near soas it can be. The Times let up on the boom a long time ago, not Walnut because we were more wise than some others for in the begining we joined with the rest in giving the project a good start and itwas from no pecuniary dol- But the motiye because we never had a enterprise. in lar’s interest in the we thought we saw enough business to jus- the management of the The managers caused susp bosom though we kept it all to tify a hault. conduct of cions to. arise in o selt, not disposed to throw cold water upona public enterprise until we know itis a fraud. However, admitting the failure to build the road according to promise follow to Be- and the program, it does not as a natural result that Walnut 1s be either a failure or a fraud. sides the inestimable wealth in_ the deyelopment of the Walnur t theré is a large monied interest coal, volved in the new city’s future will never rest till even a greater et- fort than we have witnessed has been made to secure the completien and operation of a road along the propos- ed line. To look at the matter in any other light isto close our eyes against reason. According to our vision we see at the bottom of this whole business a number of scheming men, financial adventures who were stnking for big stakes with dittle else than wind to Thesplendid resour- the experi- sustain them. ces of the countrv with of the past few years as a guide made it not only possible but com- paratively aneasy matter for these men to do just as they did. Had they been less sanguin and more cau- tious the present disaster might have been averted. Wedo not beheve these men to be rascals althougn there are some investigations being made that look suspicious and = may terminate badly tor some of them. Jtis a misfortune for Butler and Bates county that ths movement should have undertaken and then allowed to fail. Butler father of Walnut and the cluld is go- ing to cause the parent a little uneas- iness fora few months to come. Walnut will yet be, though, all that in nature of things it would bave been without this back- set. The mines will in time sustain a town ot several hundred people, and a_ railroad, too, to trans- port the ceal. But we do not share the beliet that a city of many thou- sand mbhabitants will be built: whose glory will overshadow either Butler or Rich Hill. been is the the WANT SOMETHING POSITIVE. Following suppinely in the wake of the Bates County Aepudiican in its crusade upon the officers of the county, is the Rockville G/ode. In tts last issue the tollowmg is found: { “The people of Southern Bates say the county management must be changed—either by efficient officers orin politics it it comes to the worst.”* The Tres has let pass unnoticed many jill-tempered and unauthoriz- ed reterences hke the above for the reason that we did not con- sider the shot of sufficient weight to return the fire. The Glede is so youthful, and when it speaks exhib- its such a woeful lack ot knowledge ot county affairs, that the public is disposed to deal charitably with its bantling effusions. Indeed, do we imagine that our young journalistic fnend at the helm arrogates to him- seltand the scribbling of his faber more influence and power than is fiz-+} warrented by the old trme Demo- crats ot southern Bates. Instead of using the term “‘the people,” the Globe had said the Radicals—what few there are—in ‘southern Bates’’ desired a change mm the ‘‘county management,” then we might, with- out do injustice to accept the statement; for the paper downright eg i reflects no other sentiment than | Republicanism, notwithstanding its claims to independence in politics. Now, we put this interrogatory to the Gloée, and we don’t want any question either: a change in coun- dodging of the Why do you want ty management; what have the pres- ent officials done. or what have they that you anybody removal. As journal not done or else an desire their upright, honorably disposed the Globe We want positive charges now and | has insinuated enou | tl fol WHAT A MISTAKE. Republean commenting | the Walnut fiasco last week bad blur in the te { mitted a | he above is from the Democrat of this week. Some of 1 who belong to same the court house ring have been conducting the affairs at V m g an bers of the Walnut coal advise some m pany = some in one way and some er, and the above from the t is another admission as com- and | 2noth- Demo- | cr to the wav that they conduct business. No wonder the finances of Bates county are in a bad fix neas legal What an unfortunate par. ph for the Republican and its party ly friend Beach rhust have been ‘local’*took he — ab- sent and his Democratic advantage of the moment to turn t contents of the frying pan into the fire. There are buf two men in the court house interested a dollars worth in Walnut, and neither of them had a controling interest in anything. They were no part of the town, coal or railroad company. Hence were neither trustees, officers or advisers Their investments were purely vate. Thats all. Now the facts are the entire agement, excepting Jim Pace, were Radicals, true and tried, and some officials. Thos. | pri- man- of them, if not all, public To Hon. Nichol, ex-private secretarv to Pres- boss commence with ident Garfield, was President, and general dictator ot the He 1s a Radical from stem to Next, Charlie Foster, ex-Governor ot Ohio, one of the chief advisers and kings in the enterprise. Hes one of those Republicans who would die he would vote for Democrat. Again, Hon. Keifer, also ot Ohio, and ex-Speaker of Cong was another shining light in the Wainut boom. He is admitted to be the worst Republican partisan in Amer- ica to-day. Further, United States Senator’s Miller of New York and Plumb otf Kansas were, also. among the “big bugs’’ to prestege and character to the enter- prise. Thev are both Republican that the insane asylum will get them after$the Democratic victory next vear. \ whole } | concern. is stern. there money before a ess, intended give { 69 intensly Oh, no, brother Beach, you crnt | staff the public mind with such mis- We grant that it is Democratic animus representations. your privilege to figh* Officials, and hold whatever toward them asthe representatives of the party you please. but torbear and don’tstab truth and justice to death by such miserable blunders intention- | al or otherwise. | HOW ABOUT THis. Ina hand-bill supplement dated November 16, the Nevz Ledger says: The name of O. D. Austin, of the Bates County Record N. A. Waae, of the BatesCounty Democrat, E. R. Beachot the Bates county Re- publican and a long list of the prin- cipal business men of Butler Prof. J. M. Eppstein. -Why 1s it thus, that the Butler Tistes: stands { alone in its opinion without an, en- | dorser nor no one to comfort it, while | in its great musery. don’t know! !”’ First, this is a dead give-away on | ourthree senior brothers. Second, | | i Echo answers, | i i |**Railroad and Public time’’. | bly refer to the respectible portion of | Th the Butler and Nevada public as_ its | endorsers. Again the Ledger remarks: “The many dirty attacks made by the Butler Tres, on the good name and character of Prof. Eppstein, si entirely uncalled for. We can see no good reason f I this kind. Mr. McF 1 should careful about throwimg out his slops. Do justice, but do not go outside the bounds ofreason. Prof. Eppstein 1s using his utmost endeavors to be a gentleman in this city, and his efforts are being crowned with success. Why should such jealousy wrankle | in the the bosom of the editor of the , ‘TIMEs. It 1s plain to see that our usually considerate friend is made an im cile dupe by the Protessor’s otly Our *« are the truth, and we tongue. y attacks”’ leaven of Were nev so far Off our base as **g00d n charact the subject’s possessio Mr. Ledger, if friend and you de Eppstetn 1s your e to protect then close hus mouth and silence your pencil forevermore upon this sub- a We will just as you are pleased to will it. ject. have peace or wat NEW PUBLICATIONS. Anunr S100 sin- copy 10 ¢ number oft the above magazine. and, } upon careful perusal pronounce good enough for the its publishers ask tor that itis pr the portrants ¢ e men wh raphy it gives is 2 commen pleasing feature of the ©The History an Atheism, in four le A. H. Darrow, pr: gist, Hartford K Prof. Darrow is a minister of the and He ct of his book a study Southern Methodist church, a former citizen ot Buder. has made the subje for many years, «and is theretore well adapted to instruct. 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Laurence Laughlin | the oy: of Harvard University, shows ‘Evils ot the Sub Treasury tem’’, in absorbing and holding trom circulation the that isconstantly needed to stability in the world ‘The day of Judgment’’, Hamilton, is a caustic revi its ot by v of the less amiable moral traits of Carlyle. Henry George *-Overproduction’’, an idea writes which he deelares to be preposterous, un- | less more wealth is produced than wanted, Gen. W. B. Franklin sets forth the views of naval and military | experts as to what is absolutely need- | ed in the organization, torts, ships and war material,to insure the tional Detense’’. An by The Times 1s in receipt of the first | is | & |} mailed | and | advantages | with- | specie insure | finance. | Gal | Thomas H ot} Na- | article on) most contempiabie part contemptable war recently made on | Governor Crittenden, lies in the ab- | Fme Farr, cretary, ortive effort to connect the Governor’s _ pri | with the gambling 1 | We : emp It it | mies to injure him in the race | side isa scheme | Secretary of State, then } | more detestible and should ! result to his benefit instead elections Senator | Colquitt of Georgia has made a_ tip | to New York, and upon a return | speaks, as ws con } Presidency: observa- ed from my | bi SE wen sa tioonin New York, and irom conver- , sation with gentlemen from ot thec y. that the Democrats to do i Hen- was No old ticket—Tilden Opinion on s point inimous. j he reported th for the old ticket.” The Rich Hilt Chronecle has merg- | , ed into a stock company ft a daily Rev. { pore of issuing paper. Deer- given out the Ben j ing, late o <1 dich is an avs on tl with new paper uted your ic friend R. M. 1 News, } respondicg S ri Press Asso i his business as a Hiller. our most vained exchanges for many ssured that it’ will and Cooper, | Sprin ee partacr The News has been one of years and we are loose none of its old-time vim fire in the days to come. Commenting upon the results the late elections the Atlanta Cozsti- tution declares New York. will be the battle-ground next year and if the s would be successful their candidate The the of | Democrs must come Constitution Presidential from that State. then concludes with that ‘tthe old ticket’’ the State. statement vould sweep ed the city of Nevada, has been = ar- rested for infanticide. The murder- witha the | ed child was found ina creek rag string tied closely around neck Cox. the murderer of Howard ac | Nevada last spring, whose sulted in his conviction and sentence to be hanged and was appealed to the Supreme Court for a new hear- ing, 1s still in the Vernon county jail awaiting the action of the court. A band of Mexican robbers head- ed by an American, wrecked an ex- press train onthe Mexrcan & Nation- al railroad near Laredo, on the 13th inst. and secured booty amounting to $3,000 And the cry tor the old ticket’’ grows louder and stronger since New York has started to retrograde. The Madi says the v Nevada depot isintested by a of pick-pockets. Robeson, as he peers | through the gloom ot Republican deteat in New Jersey, will undoubt- that Secor edly enjov the reflection Abbett’s majority for Governor is ten times as lar j and about three umes as much as j that John Pendergrass and Warney A woman by the name of Bowena | | Putnam, a soiled dove who frequent- | trial re- | ty of the | Leon ! NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE Stockion Fournal: Springfield is to have a newspaper owned, edited and published by negroes. The re- Harrisonville Democrat. people ot Lafayette county have 2 that } n county | under Democratic istration wis broad for} i tured and brow to Nevada é: Horti- cultural Society met yesterday, to i Carthage Patriot: 1€ take and 14, of December. Stockton Journal: Several of farmers in s county are mov xto Douglass, Texas and Oregon is fall. they claim that uch cheaper there than it is ev are all good men and ! regrets to see them \ Stockton Jcurnal: We learn i sl few oan, two younz men living a ot town, become involv= | mies west ed in a : quarrel the other night at j spelling, when the former stabbed | the latter in several places, inflicting he | serious, of not fatal wounds. | H We 10 Was in town Stockton Journal: learn Monday, at the lite four year old xirl of RC. Martin, living in z Jeff. erson township, was scalded to death I | | | i | on Friday of last wee k. From some cause or other little girl accident- j ly fell into a kettle of boiling water, from the effects of which she died in ashort time. Shick, of Deer- a Nevada Mail: David who lives two miles south field, has discovered on his ‘arm closely resembles crude petroleum. It runs large rock at the rate of about but runs only warm Mr. Shick commence blasting very soon to see if he can discover the basin. heavy oil which from a one in will gallon per day, weather. Lexington Srtelligencer: Uncie Strode Renick unsuspectingly traded last In- telhgencer he came to the conclusion swapped for Dr. Temple, promptly sent | horses with a stranger one day week. As soon as he saw the that the mare he had had been stolen from of this city, and he Sure enough it was_ the Uncle out then | him word. Doctor’s Strode has one ‘critter’ less ; t ! he has a heap more experience. Springfield Mews: Mr. Robert | Smil returned from Eureka | Springs, Ark., last week. To | of our reporters he stated that the | once famous Eureka Springs City is i now a vast forest of vacant houses, having degenerated in the last year 20,000 mare, and now one trom a population of down to less than thatmany hundred. The waters are fact, miraculous cures of the d of-—in cures are considered a joke inva This is another the value of printers ink. the the of no longer he on Se proot i | Clinton Democrat: A seven year- | old son of Charles Brown, who tives | miles southwest of Clinton, Monday o’clock trom the effects of burr in his throat. The boy accom- | panied his father to the field Satur- H day morning. where he wasengaged | | He had a cockle | | burr in his hand and it is presumed | four morning about 10 i | j cockle ' | shucking corn. a throat | Brown his Mr. laugh it was drawn into | and securely lodged. Prof. Leonard Waldo, of the Yale | that given to Gen. Hancock in the | brought his son to Clinton, but did College observatory. explains the system of uniform time standards road service of the United Finally, there is a discussion of the “‘morrality without religion’’, by F. A. Kider and Prof. A. A. Hodge of Princeton College. It the “‘bloody shirt ’ 1s to be the | last presidential election. | President Arthur, atter awhile. matters alone. When he undertook to run Folger in New York, his can- | didate was defeated by a majority | which was unprecedented in the his- | tory of politics. H that the killing of Cal Roberts occur- i not succeed in having the obstruc- | ' tion removed. Saturday night the ,endorse | HOW being introduced into the rail- | ought to be convinced that his prin- | boy became worse. death resulting | States. | cipai strength lies in letting political H as above. | Nevada Maz/: Capt. Mans Low, } ;} o£ Clear Creek township, informed } a Mail representative this morning | | And when he un- i red in Vernon instead of Cedar! dertook to bolster up the Readjus- | county, as was reported here several | | difficulty last fall over ing and called Cai Roberts out, The two men went to the barn, Wher in con. It is not known why words passed between: but conver, they sat down and engaged versation. sation only lasted a few moments tit a shot was fired, after and Young Roberts was t the } breast, which Ge goton his horse rode away found shot the lett ull havieg rang ed dowaward. , Dick Gee and Cal Ronperts had y a young wo neighborhoog Gnitith family, and it generally believed the kill n who lives in tt re with the ing grew out of this trouble. Gee 1s a deg perate character, havingkilled a map at Eldorado Springs some two year ago, since which time he has been 4 fugitive from justice. Nevada most heartless case Democrat: One of the 1 rt s of desertion We have heard of in a le from Ced ties implicated Clair wife, ny time come, r county, though the par. are supposed res, dents of county. Doyle, and Miss, Copeland had been traveling over James his Eller Cedar county under the pretext of hunting a location. Friday night last they camped for the night near the premises of a farmer named Robinson, and the ng be fore leaving they took a little child only four weeks old, and left Mr. Robinson’s yard, and then bun When morning came ying of the little one attracted next morni itm nied tl the attention of the family. and it aw ay ig > ¢ was picked up and cared for. Sug spicion rested upon the party, and they were followed and arrested and trial. It was brought out in evidence that Doyle had threatened to kill Miss Cope land if she did not kill the child, and that Doyle was its father. The trial resulted in the two being bound over to appear at the March term of the Cedar circuit court. taken to Stockton for You Can't Please Everybody. Eprrox Timres:—It you know your duty, do it, regardless of what Be sure right. and then go ahead. people may say. you are How of ten the hopes of one are ruined by the wavering, unsteady condition of the mind and the fear of the opinion of others. We may be physically brave to battle against the ills of the world, but how many otf us are cows ards concerning the world’s criti cisms. We know. very little the thoughts that are in the hearts of oth- ers, yet day by day we meet the cold censure of those who judge trom appearances, It we go bravely to work in the path judgement and conscience skepticism, and unjust our teaches us 1s right, and pursue it to the end, we must be successful. But if we are deterred trom doing half our duty by unteeling remarks of those who know as little of our al fairs and intentions, as we know of the designs of the Great Being above I fear our reward will be small. To make life a success we must push ahéad against any storm that over takes us, if we have on our side. We must trample under foot all the vile insinuations of uncharit- able neighbors, and lve down the disadvantages thrown upon us, by those who would humiliate us. right Celebrating Mahone’s defeat Lynchburg, Va., November 13-— Last night the greatest demonstra tion ever witnessed in Lynchburg was had in celebration of the detest of Mahone. The whole city wa ablaze. <A resolution was passed, guarantecing the negroes full justice hefore the law in all matters and re gretting the partisan reports of the Danville riot as injurious to the state geas that obtained | placed it in his mouth, when in aj ndasthe invention of Mahore te by Governor Ludlow three vears ago | excuse his overwhelmning defeat. Most people will be surpris ed to learn of sucha thing as 4 hump backed hen; nevertheless John Dobson testified to the identity of two hens which had been stolen from him by the tact that they were hump backed, ‘‘and one of them spread its legs out like a circle when it walked.’” The justice awarded bim the hens. Candidates of last week should Be te een cinerea fa dattle-cry of the Kepublicans, then ters in Virginia, his canditate was/days ago. Capt. Low says that; take advantage of this pleasant Paper substantiating our character or position, and the Trwes would hum- i they are welcome to all it will ac- | complish. ' deteated by an overwhelming | jority. ee enero ee house about day ma-! Dick Gee rode up to Dr. Robert’s | weather to repaint their front-doot ght Sunday morn-| steps.